Peace Cafes

In the name of peace and shaping our futures through conversations that matter, the Peace Café is an ongoing initiative that provides an opportunity for individuals to produce community based solutions for global challenges and encourages "reconciliation and connection" through open dialogue.

Dubbed by Briarpatch magazine as “one of the most important voices on the Canadian Left,” Yves Engler returns to Nelson to discuss his latest book Left, Right — Marching to the Beat of Imperial Canada (2018).

Engler details the left’s failures over many decades to confront Canada’s support of empire and promotion of corporate interests abroad: the social democratic NDP has backed unjust wars; Canadian unions supported the creation of NATO, the Korean War, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the coup in Haiti.

Why? Left nationalist ideology, both Canadian and Quebecois, has warped foreign policy discussion; viewing their country as a semi-colony struggling for independence has blinded progressives to our long history of supporting imperialism.

However, the book is not just critical — it also offers solutions to help create a just foreign policy.

Global Justice Film Fest

Sulingan (“Refuge”)

Sulingan features true stories of three Filipina women whose lives have been fraught with violence, social inequality, and disaster. With no one left to support them, they find comfort and strength in community leaders. This is the inspiring story of Filipinas at the end of the line - and the transformative spirit of care that propels them forward.

Special guest speakers include Community Health Worker, Lina Bacalando and Advocacy Coordinator, Joy Salgado from the Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health in the Philippines. Sponsored by Canadian NGO, Inter Pares as part of their “Women’s Health, Women’s Rights Tour.”

Date & Time: Wednesday, September 26 at 7pm - 9pm

Cost: Donation of $5

Location: Nelson: Shambhala Music Theatre and Performance Hall

Flin Flon Flim Flan

Following a path of human rights and environmental abuses, Flin Flon Flim Flam takes the viewer on a journey of the Canadian mining company, Hudbay Minerals and its operations in Manitoba, Guatemala, Peru, and Arizona. (50 minutes) After the screening, there will be a Q & A with award winning journalist, filmmaker and special guest, John Dougherty.